The story of Amber—charming and stubborn, reckless and calculating—unfolds against the historical backdrop of Restoration England. Barefoot village girl, wife of a swindler and merchant, duchess’s companion, lover of a duke, king’s mistress—everything is Amber. Striving to stay close to the only man she truly loves—Bruce Carlton, lord, sea pirate, and the king’s favorite—she makes acts of desperate audacity and high nobility, risks her life, becomes a victim of deceit, and cunningly deceives others herself.